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From design of experiments to analysis of variance of multivariate data: a tutorial review on ANOVA simultaneous component analysis

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This tutorial review establishes recommended best practices for applying ANOVA Simultaneous Component Analysis to high-dimensional data collected from designed experiments. ASCA merges the factor decomposition of ANOVA with simultaneous component analysis to isolate contributions from experimental factors and their interactions in multivariate settings. The guidance draws on established ANOVA and DoE principles accumulated over the past century, supported by a literature survey and demonstrated through a representative example. A sympathetic reader cares because these practices can yield clearer separation and interpretation of effects when many variables are measured simultaneously under controlled experimental conditions.

What carries the argument

ASCA, the simultaneous component analysis applied to the ANOVA-decomposed data matrices that isolates the contribution of each experimental factor and interaction term.

What would settle it

A controlled comparison in which an alternative multivariate method such as direct PCA on the raw data matrix produces clearer or more reproducible factor interpretations than ASCA on the same DoE dataset.

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Core claim

ASCA is presented as the current state-of-the-art chemometric tool that forms a natural pair with Design of Experiments by providing a multivariate extension of ANOVA; the paper therefore supplies concrete recommendations for its proper use, grounded in a comprehensive literature review and illustrated with a guiding example that reflects typical chemometric applications.

Load-bearing premise

The literature-derived recommendations will reliably improve interpretation for the range of high-dimensional experimental designs encountered in practice.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Factor effects and interactions become separately interpretable even when dozens or hundreds of response variables are measured.
  • Results align directly with classical ANOVA tables while retaining the visual and exploratory strengths of component analysis.
  • Common analysis pitfalls in chemometric DoE work are reduced by following the reviewed procedures.
  • The approach scales to typical industrial and laboratory experiments without requiring parametric assumptions beyond those of standard ANOVA.

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  • The same decomposition strategy could be tested on time-series or spatial data where experimental factors vary across multiple scales.
  • Integration with modern high-throughput platforms might allow automated pipelines that output both ANOVA-style tables and component plots.
  • Direct comparison studies against other multivariate extensions of ANOVA would clarify when ASCA is preferable to alternatives.
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Summary. The manuscript is a tutorial review that positions ANOVA Simultaneous Component Analysis (ASCA) as the current state-of-the-art chemometric method for analyzing and interpreting high-dimensional data generated by designed experiments. It synthesizes a century of ANOVA-DoE theory to derive best-practice recommendations and demonstrates those recommendations on a single guiding example.

Significance. If the literature synthesis accurately reflects established ANOVA-DoE combinations and the guiding example is representative of typical use cases, the paper could provide a useful consolidated reference for practitioners who need to apply multivariate extensions of ANOVA to DoE data. The tutorial format and explicit best-practice list are the main potential contributions.

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  1. [Guiding example section] The soundness assessment notes that recommendations rest on a literature review and one guiding example; §3 (or whichever section presents the guiding example) should explicitly state all modeling choices (e.g., number of components retained, preprocessing steps, and any post-hoc decisions) so that readers can judge whether those choices affect the generality of the advice.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and §1] Clarify in the abstract and introduction whether the review claims to be exhaustive or selective; a short statement on search strategy or inclusion criteria for the cited literature would strengthen the claim of a 'comprehensive literature review'.
  2. [Throughout] Ensure that any equations or algorithmic steps reproduced from prior ASCA papers are accompanied by a direct citation to the original source rather than only a general reference list entry.

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback and the recommendation of minor revision. We agree that greater transparency in the guiding example will help readers evaluate the generality of the recommendations and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Guiding example section] The soundness assessment notes that recommendations rest on a literature review and one guiding example; §3 (or whichever section presents the guiding example) should explicitly state all modeling choices (e.g., number of components retained, preprocessing steps, and any post-hoc decisions) so that readers can judge whether those choices affect the generality of the advice.

    Authors: We agree that explicitly documenting all modeling choices is necessary for readers to assess the generality of the advice. In the revised manuscript we will expand the guiding example section to state the number of components retained, the precise preprocessing steps applied, and any post-hoc decisions made during the analysis. These additions will be presented in a dedicated subsection so that the choices are clearly separated from the general recommendations derived from the literature synthesis. revision: yes

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No significant circularity: tutorial review synthesizes external literature

full rationale

This is a tutorial review paper whose purpose is to recommend best practices for ASCA by synthesizing the established ANOVA-DoE literature over the last century and illustrating them on a guiding example. No new derivations, fitted parameters, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes are introduced. The central claims rest on a comprehensive literature review and representative example rather than any self-referential reduction. All load-bearing steps draw from external, independently established theory, satisfying the criteria for a self-contained review with no circularity.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 0 assumptions · 0 invented entities

This is a tutorial review paper with no new mathematical derivations, fitted parameters, or postulated entities; it relies on long-established ANOVA and DoE theory from prior literature.

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ANOVA Simultaneous Component Analysis (ASCA) is the current state-of-theart chemometric tool for analyzing and interpreting high-dimensional experimental data from a Design of Experiment (DoE). Being a multivariate extension of the ANOVA, ASCA makes a perfect tandem with DoE. This tutorial review recommends best practices for using ASCA, building upon the long-established combination of ANOVA and DoE theory developed over the last century. These recommendations are grounded in a comprehensive literature review and illustrated through a guiding example.

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Figure 1. Illustration of the DoE pipeline: steps to follow prior to the study. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Hasse diagram of the example in BOX 2 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Illustration of the analysis (ANOVA/ASCA) pipeline. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Illustration of a histogram of statistics obtained under the null hypothesis by per [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Exploration for outlier detection with (a) PCA-based Multivariate Statistical Pro [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p030_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Factor Responder: ASCA score plot (a) and loading plot (b). NR stands for non [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p031_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Factor Patient: ASCA score plot (a), loading plot (b) and MSPC plot (c). NR [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p031_7.png]

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